Attorney General Eric Holder called Justice Sotomayor's dissent in the Michigan affirmative action case "courageous" and said that America "still has a ways to go before our founding promise of equal justice and equal opportunity is fully realized." Holder was speaking at a Justice Department diversity event. The Hill: “Just yesterday in her courageous and personal dissent,” Holder quoted Sotomayor as saying that people should not “wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society. ... The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race.” White House press secretary Jay Carney declined to weigh in on the ruling Tuesday but noted President Obama has previously said using race as a factor could be appropriate under certain circumstances. Holder said confronting existing disparities not only requires a dialogue, but principled action...(Read Full Post)